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Technical Q&As: Java
Design guidelines offer fundamental rules and tips to help developers make sound design decisions when developing Java applications. Using these tips, developers can design cross-platform interfaces that look and behave like native Macintosh applications when run on Mac OS X.

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Customizing Component Border Colors (HTML) ()
QA1272: Retaining Aqua background for JComboBox menus with custom control borders.
2003-07-31
Important Java Directories on Mac OS X (HTML) ()
QA1170: Mac OS X equivalents of common Java runtime and development directories.
2003-10-21
Mixing AWT/Swing and Cocoa Java (HTML)
QA1342: Recommends an alternative to mixing Cocoa Java and AWT/Swing.
2004-02-26
Prompting the user with MRJQuitHandler (HTML) ()
QA1187: How to intercept Cmd-Q for all Java 1.3 releases on Mac OS X.
2002-08-15
Right- and Control-Drags on Mac OS X (HTML)
QA1362: Describes a difference in Drag and Drop on Mac OS X that affects all cross-platform Java applications
2004-08-31
Unsolicited About Boxes (HTML)
QA1363: How to properly override the default about and quit behaviors in Java 1.4 and later
2004-08-31